Kanaya Maryam (
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[OPEN] BABES IN TOYLAND
Date & Time: December 20th, 2013
Location: New York City!!!
Characters: HOLIDAY SHOPPERS. Please note that with mod approval, any character is allowed to have joined the mob in front of the transporter, regardless of whether they responded to the network post advertising this event.
Summary: In a bid to conserve energy, over a dozen transports do all of their Christmas shopping at once. I hope you brought money!
Warnings: None for now!
All the transports are dropped into New York at 6:00, simultaneously but scattered. Coding the drop points for this mission was hell.
It turns out that the weather is actually fairly mild on this date; there is snow neither in the air nor in the ground. That isn't to say there's nothing of visual interest: All the lights of the city are on at this hour.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit back on December 4th.

Shop until you drop, Transports.

Location: New York City!!!
Characters: HOLIDAY SHOPPERS. Please note that with mod approval, any character is allowed to have joined the mob in front of the transporter, regardless of whether they responded to the network post advertising this event.
Summary: In a bid to conserve energy, over a dozen transports do all of their Christmas shopping at once. I hope you brought money!
Warnings: None for now!
All the transports are dropped into New York at 6:00, simultaneously but scattered. Coding the drop points for this mission was hell.
It turns out that the weather is actually fairly mild on this date; there is snow neither in the air nor in the ground. That isn't to say there's nothing of visual interest: All the lights of the city are on at this hour.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit back on December 4th.

Shop until you drop, Transports.

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Still, a familiar face is a welcome sight, and he gives Peter a little wave when he sees him.
(He remembers what that Loki kid said about Peter, but he understands the purpose and the importance of secret identities. He's trying really hard to just somehow scrape that out of his mind.)]
You look pretty comfortable here.
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He crosses the distance between them, because if he's right, most people here aren't familiar with New York. Some people seemed keen on it, and he understands that, but he wonders how they're all getting around without GPS. At least there are cross streets and easy numbers to follow.
New York's always been good for that.]
If you need help—I'm a trained and ready tour guide. [He gives a tiny bow.] At your service. Peter 'Comfortable in New York City' Parker. That's me.
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[He's clearly speaking out of experience here - one of his private trips was back to his hometown, and though it had been nice, it had also been bizarre. It's too easy to look at where things are just that much different, unfamiliar names on the family stores and franchises that were off by just a couple detail.
It's nice, though. He can't dispute that.]
And, you know, I'd accept the help if not for the fact that I have no clue where I'm even trying to get to. I've just been winging it.
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He stretches and looks around. Time Square is out, but there are other areas that aren't bad. Central Park is probably safe, and Washington Square Park is definitely safe. He knows all of those are still there, at least, even if his walking hasn't carried him there yet.]
Pick between Central Park and Washington Square. Central is oddly safer, though. [Not that Peter's worried about keeping them safe, but some people have that as a preference here.]
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Besides, he bets Nathan would be really upset if he got taken out by a mugger or something after all the training he's been doing with him without the suit. He's got to keep his bases covered, after all.
(That would probably mess something up too, on account of the fact that time travel sucks so, so hard.)]
But then again, Central's the one I've actually heard more about, so... lead the way.
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Peter starts walking north, assuming Jaime will follow him.]
But film-ability or not, it's a pretty nice place. I'd say we could hit the Met, but I bet it's closing, but that's just on the edge. [Peter motions to his right to indicate where "the edge" is from where they're walking.]
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I think I'll survive without seeing it today, [he says lightly. He does rather hope he gets to go home someday, and maybe then he'll be able to check out New York as a proper tourist, not a visitor from another world.] I hear that a lot of the time they just film in... I forget the place, somewhere in Canada, and just pass it off as New York anyway. S'not like the rest of us will be able to tell the difference.
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He glances back toward him with a smile.] Either way, you're now gonna start noticing it and every movie you ever see will be ruined. It's great. [Even more exaggeration, but he kind of lives on those.]
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So he gets a little detail oriented and pedantic sometimes. So what?]
That actually reminds me - it might not be a bad idea to raid some of the book and movie files from this period to bring back with us. I dunno about you, but I've already read what I've got about a million times now.
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Though that gives him an idea. He'll have to follow up on that.]
What kind of stuff are you gonna grab? [He wonders how much of a geek Jaime also happens to be.]
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I can think of a few things that friends would appreciate me picking up - I definitely gotta pick up some samurai movies for Maya. [He considers what he himself would want.] Other than that, eh, a bit of everything. I'd stay away from Star Trek or Star Wars if I were you, though.
[As utterly comforting it would be to sit down for a nice Star Trek marathon, he doesn't want to shatter anyone's sense of reality. That would just be mean.] Anything you'll be keeping an eye out for?
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I might see if they've got the latest books in series that I was reading, too. They'd be out by now ... [Though he is wondering what it is about Star Wars that would make it universal, but Captain America isn't.
A question for the ages, really.]
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[He's by no means a bad student, but he's no genius and he knows it. He's a hard worker, and he's learned how to think in more elastic ways when it comes to making split decisions on the job, but he can't say he's on Brenda's level.
He just fades into the background. He's good at fading into the background, and he's totally okay with that. It's not really school he misses as much as normalcy, being able to see his friends day in and day out and having some sense of structure to an otherwise tumultuous life.
Reading instead of chopping wood also sounds really, really good right about now.]
But all that science and history stuff - that's a good idea. And it's a good way of checking out if any of the basics are actually different in this world compared to our worlds.
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I'm surprised they don't make these things available on our tablets, but most people don't care.
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[That was before sickness, before the kidnappings, before the bombs. Funny how things like establishing schools fall by the wayside.]
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But he catches the genius remark and Jaime's smile and can't help but grin. He can be amused about it.]
Maybe I should try to get interested parties together. Who knows? It could be fun.
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[Yeah, yeah, cultural differences, respect where people are coming from, yadda yadda yadda. Jaime has learned a lot about that in Exsilium, but throwing the death penalty out there for turning a bunch of stuff off and being noisy assholes is where he draws the line.
Figuring out a way to get everyone on the same page, however, is a much more palatable subject, and he coasts along with the change of subject.]
Think you'd be interested in being a teacher, then?
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Besides, one time I told one of my teachers I could do better than him. It's high time I proved it. [Even if it was a terribly stupid thing to say.]
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[You don't just raise your hand and go oh, oh, teacher, you're a hack! out of nowhere, after all.]
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[Technically, he didn't do anything ... it was kind of a stacking thing.]
Sometimes I'm a jerk? [That's added as an afterthought.]